71 years after starting college, a 90-year-old woman is graduating
By Sara Smart, CNN A 90-year-old woman will finally walk across the stage and receive her diploma, 71 years after she first enrolled in college.…
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Survivors of mass shootings are left with lifelong wounds — and mounting bills
By Christina Maxouris, CNN There were a million things running through James Slaugh’s mind as he was rushed to a nearby hospital after the…
Continue ReadingAs Brittney Griner visits a medical facility in Texas, one of the ‘Citgo 6’ says reintegration after captivity can be difficult
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As freed WNBA star Brittney Griner visits a Texas military medical facility following nearly 10 months of imprisonment in…
Continue ReadingMark, Albania’s last ‘restaurant bear,’ arrives at sanctuary after over 20 years of captivity
By Zoe Sottile, CNN After over twenty years in captivity, Mark, the last of Albania’s “restaurant bears,” has safely arrived at his…
Continue ReadingUkraine launches missile attack on Russian-occupied Melitopol, explosions reported in Donetsk and Crimea
By Josh Pennington, Julia Kesaieva, Tim Lister and Mariya Knight, CNN Multiple explosions have been reported in the Russian-occupied city of…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands protest in Bangladesh to demand resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
By Vedika Sud and Yong Xiong, CNN Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka on Saturday calling for the dissolution of parliament…
Continue ReadingHawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano eruption may end soon after producing dazzling lava displays
By Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN The eruption of the world’s largest active volcano — Mauna Loa in Hawaii — may soon…
Continue ReadingHae Min Lee’s brother is requesting a redo of the hearing that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction
By Celina Tebor, CNN Attorneys representing the brother of Hae Min Lee, the teenager whose 1999 killing was investigated on the hit podcast…
Continue ReadingAfter 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, 2 Georgia men set free after newly uncovered evidence exonerates them of murder charges
By Emma Tucker, CNN After spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions related to the 1996 shooting death of their friend, two Georgia men were…
Continue ReadingConcerns of ‘more landslides’ in Southern California after portion of cliff collapses onto beach
CNN, KCAL, KCBS By Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez, CNN No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos…
Continue ReadingToledo Zoo welcomes twin polar bear cubs
By Zoe Sottile, CNN This Saturday just got twice as cute. The Toledo Zoo has announced the birth of two polar bear cubs, the first time polar bears…
Continue ReadingFreed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout says he ‘wholeheartedly’ supports Ukraine war and would volunteer if he could
By Darya Tarasova and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports…
Continue ReadingConcerns of ‘more landslides’ in Southern California after portion of cliff collapses onto beach
By Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez, CNN No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos Verdes Estates…
Continue ReadingA New Orleans Police Department employee is stabbed to death while driving for Uber
By Amanda Watts and Jason Hanna, CNN A New Orleans Police Department employee who was driving for Uber in her time off was stabbed to death by a…
Continue ReadingA lost ecosystem revealed in Greenland by oldest environmental DNA
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The past is an ever-changing story, and this week, myriad discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewels and even DNA…
Continue Reading‘The trip of a lifetime.’ 95 residents of Tampa, Kansas, visit Tampa, Florida
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Ninety-five residents of Tampa, Kansas, had the opportunity to experience life in the other Tampa. The residents constitute…
Continue ReadingRussian Nobel Peace laureate slams Putin’s ‘insane and criminal war’ on Ukraine
By Allegra Goodwin, CNN Russian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky blasted President Vladimir Putin’s “insane and criminal”…
Continue Reading5 key takeaways from Xi’s trip to Saudi Arabia
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Years of progressing ties between oil-wealthy Saudi Arabia and China, an economic giant in the east, this week culminated in a…
Continue ReadingPostal worker shot to death while delivering mail in Milwaukee
By Andy Rose, CNN A mail carrier was shot to death Friday evening in Milwaukee, police said. Police said the 44-year-old man had worked for the US…
Continue ReadingJersey explosion that left three dead and a dozen missing is now a recovery operation
By Allegra Goodwin and Mia Alberti, CNN Search and rescue operations have moved to recovery operations at the apartment building that exploded and…
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